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Rent Increase - unreasonable time and amount ?
Hi All, hope you can help here Our current tenancy is up for renewal on 7th April 2022 and the LL's agent has just sent us an email on 1st March saying that he wants to increase the rent in the renewal by £300 to £1995 (+17.5%) and has given us 1 week to respond. We've been at this property for 11 years, never missed any…
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Asbestos I’m I being unreasonable?
Hi, Very long story cut short (hopefully). We are purchasing a house which is in need of cosmetic updating. We have purchased the house as a walk in condition house, so we have paid over the odds, but the house suits us snd we’ve been looking a long time, so we didn’t mind paying at bit extra, we plan on living there for a…
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Garage door help! Gleeson Homes
Hello, Recently I purchased a house from Gleeson Homes but I’ve never owned a garage before thus I have no idea how to open it. If anyone who owns a Gleeson home can shed some light on this or anyone, I’d be most grateful. Thank you
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Buying Share of Freehold flat by Modern Method of Auction
I'm looking at an apartment that was reduced from £270,000 to £240,000 on Rightmove. Initially, it was listed in Sep-21, or 6 months ago... They sell it now through an auction, with a reserve price of £250,000. I checked the buyer pack, and I can see that the lease now has 84 years left on it. I wonder why they didn't…
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House Covenant
Hi all, i am in the process of purchasing a house (freehold) which has the following covenant: “No further building or structure of any kind shall be erected on the property nor shall the dwellinghouse be extended or altered in anyway without first submitting to the Company detailed plans and obtaining approval….” I…
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Yopa No Sale No Fee Problem
I needed to sell a small property which I owned (Interest Only Mortgage)m - But as I was already in a debt Management Plan and was aware that there would be little or no equity in my property I opted for Yopa No Sale No Fee. As I didn't expect to have much left after paying off the mortgage and paying legal fees I decided,…
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Is mortgage in retirement doable?
Hello, I'm looking for advice regarding the funding of house move. We live in our own home (owned outright, no mortgage) which we extended and renovated. We would like to move to another place, ideally we would like a project, it might involve full rewire, plumbing etc, typical Homes under the Hammer scenario. I think this…
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Misled by estate agent
Had an offer accepted two week ago. The house has previously been sold in September 2021 but the buyer pulled out. When I booked my viewing and on the viewing itself, I was told that the vendor had been close to exchanging (a couple of weeks away), the chain was complete and I may be able to purchase the existing searches…
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New house, driveway issue.
Hi all - the answer may be obvious for this but thought I would see if anyone has had a similar issue. I've just bought a house, it's around 18 months old so Barratt are still developing on the site so the roads/paths haven't been tarmac'd yet. The driveway is quite steap so this means there is a ridge between the path and…
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Help to buy Vs share ownership
I wonder if anybody can help me as I'm having trouble thinking clearly at the moment. As of today I am having to deal with a relationship breakdown and will need to move out of my current property. I realised that due to how much money I have I will either need to go down the help to buy route or share ownership route. I…
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Advice please-Seller lied on property information form....
We have recently bought a house that needed a lot of updating, one of which was the utility room which had plaster boards on the outside wall which were buckled in the middle, so we had a plasterer come out to redo them. The plasterer found a horror show under the plasterboards of damp and water which was coming through…
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divorced sole owner ex won't move out
I bought my ex council house after being a tenant on my own in that property for 15 years .I got married in 2013 and bought it in 2019. I contributed my discount and my husband paid the rest cash so no mortgage. The deeds are solely in my name which he insisted upon so as I would always have the security of a home. I have…
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Do i Cancel my Building Survey??
Hi All. I have posted on here regarding a house purchase i am currently attempting. That was a rant but this is a question. Long story short the sellers were with an awful conveyancers. We orignally had our survey booked but cancelled it (4 days before it was due to take place) after our Solicitor still had not received…
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Renting Without A Working Boiler - Advice Needed
Hello, I have been renting a property for just over a year now, and last Wednesday evening (23/02/22) our oil boiler stopped working (a lock on light is on, and cannot be overridden). I reported it straight away via the maintenance portal and via the phone the next morning - we are a fully managed one so everything has to…
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Leasehold Reform and Marriage Value
The first part of the Government's leasehold reform programe, the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, received Royal Assent on 8 February 2022. The remaining part promises inter alia substantial savings for leaseholders with fewer than 80 years left on their lease. Does anyone know for sure whether the new legislation…
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How to prove you are a cash buyer?
How do you prove your are a genuine cash buyer? Naturally the
sales agent needs to know your not a Walter Mitty character. Lets be clear here, it’s money you
have in a savings account and not what a bank will promise to lend to you. A, Do you show the sales agent your savings account via your
mobile phone? B, Do you bring…
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Can i change solictor once missives have been concluded
I was wondering if it is possible to change solictors after missives have been concluded. My date of entry is not till the beginning of next month. The reason i am looking to do this is my mortgage has now been pulled and i will be taking on a bridging loan but my current solicitors do not deal with bridging loans.
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Mines and minerals lease - common?
Hi all! Hope everyone is well! Quick one from me today; progressing with my latest attempt at buying (all looking great so keep everything crossed) and I've just had sight of the solicitors enquiries, on the whole sol. has said there's no cause for any concern by the looks but they have raised an enquiry around the house…
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Land Registry question
I tried posting under the LR post but for some strange reason it keeps freezing so here I go and hope LR can pick it up :smile: Quick question for the LR pro. My MIL would like to gift a small parcel of land roughly half an acre from a 7 acre plot . Now I know a TP1 will be needed but how/who plots the actual boundary to…
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Buying new build leasehold flat
I’m looking at purchasing a new build flat in the next 6 months. One developer gave me a timeline of build completion for ‘spring/summer 2023’. Now I’m confused, I have to get an agreement in principle or mortgage offer 12 months in advance of moving in? What if my circumstances change or interest rates shoot up and the…
